Wednesday, March 26, 2008

My favorite pictures on the internet ver. 2.6

It's been pretty busy around the Pontier house... 2 weeks ago I spent the weekend with students in Traverse City - the home or Ryan Beld's much-balyhooed "second family" for GENESIS. The RCA's version of "convention"... but it was a pretty cool weekend - I got to hear a lot of Shane Claibourne... very cool.

Last week my Cousin, Angela Schipper, passed away unexpectedly in her sleep - so there's been a very sad cloud in our lives since. Angie was disabled from birth and has had many different issues since but was altogether healthy when she died... so its a very hard thing to understand for our family these days.

At the funeral, a lot of Angela's friends from the Harbor House (where she lives with other disabled adults) came to the service. It was a very cool experience to spend the service mourning with people who looked different, acted different, talked different. They don't necessarily stay quiet:) but we could all be in the same room and mourn the loss of someone special together. i thought this was a unique picture of what she was able to do in her life - bring together people despite disability to live, interact, smile & cry even though we are different.

here are some recent pictures

Isaac somehow figured out that lotion goes on his face


The boys Eating breakfast & watching "Mickey Mouse Club"...


...and also watching mommy in the kitchen


Cindy took the boys to an "Easter Egg" hunt last saturday.... basically it was a gym floor covered in easter eggs...not much of a hunt... but Isaac didn't seem to mind




some random pics






This is what I'm doing right now


Jonah taking a snooze on the floor




Jonah getting dressed




What Cindy is doing right now


Crazy Ghost Isaac

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Ryan Beld said...

I do not have a second family!